Batman's Holiday Graphic Novel

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Lee Bermejo returns to the caped crusader.

By Jesse Schedeen

Artist Lee Bermejo is closely associated with the Batman franchise at this point. Beginning with the crossover Batman/Deathblow, continuing with projects like Lex Luthor: Man of Steel and Joker, Bermejo has consistently delivered a bold and striking interpretation of the Caped Crusader.

Little was revealed about the plot of Batman: Noel. It looks to have a strong holiday theme, which puts it in the company of seminal Batman works like The Long Halloween and Dark Victory.

Editor Mark Chiarello commented on the project, saying, "I'm TOTALLY excited by this project, and not only because Lee Bermejo is such an astounding artist. Sure, the work he's done in the past (Joker OGN, Wednesday Comics) has been pretty brilliant and I'd expect nothing less from Lee, but the added bonus of Batman: Noel being drawn AND written by Lee is extra cool. In other words, I knew Lee could deliver the goods artistically, but I never knew he was also this great of a writer!"

DC hasn't revealed a price or release date yet, but we imagine Noel will be out in time for the holidays.